On the RF&P did other roads often run through or mostly hand off north/south freight traffic?
I am primarily interested in the connections between the southern roads (Southern, Seaboard, C&O/B&O), and the NW) and the Pennsy and later PC in the mid 1960's to the early 1970's eras in the Washington/Baltimore area so I would expect the RF&P would be a major connecting route
The RF&P passenger servicewent as far north as Union Station In Washington DC. Freight ran as far as their Potomic yard in Alexandria, Va. See the system map with connections here.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2669910
Caldreamer
Only passenger trains ran through. The RF&P was owned by the six railroads that controlled Pot Yard, so run through traffic sort of defeated the purpose of Potomac Yard and the RF&P itself.
Also, the N&W didn't interact with the RF&P. They had no territory that crossed the RF&P spine, as they were south of Richmond. Oddly, one of the few Pennsylvania heritage Conrail lines that went to CSX instead of NS was the Conrail lines in Washington DC. Southern was a member of the RF&P ownership group (interchange at Pot Yard, Southern's northern terminal) and N&W units would have made their only forays into RF&P land in the 80s.
Hmm. So is there any place the seaboard coast line would have been seen in the same place with the PRR/PC ?
restoratorSo is there any place the seaboard coast line would have been seen in the same place with the PRR/PC
restorator Hmm. So is there any place the seaboard coast line would have been seen in the same place with the PRR/PC ?
Aside from passenger power at Washington Union Station, they wouldn't have made it any closer than however many rail miles it is from the engine terminal in Alexandria to the yard in Richmond. The RF&P's bridge was the only link between the PRR's southernmost point and the ACL/SAL's northern point.
I'm always reluctant to say "never," but I live in Alexandria and have done a lot of digging around in the past. Never seen a picture of freight ACL, SAL, and N&W power at the north end of the RF&P. PRR power to Potomac Yard tended to be electrics, which was a hard limit on their southern range.
I confess to trolling slightly to see if anyone would 'get' why certain ACL- and RF&P-painted E units might wind up near PRR power -- it's a trick question. (And to my knowledge excludes Seaboard power.)
Overmod I confess to trolling slightly to see if anyone would 'get' why certain ACL- and RF&P-painted E units might wind up near PRR power -- it's a trick question. (And to my knowledge excludes Seaboard power.)
There were occasions where RF&P and ACL power ran through on the PRR, not many, but some. This happened when the PRR's GG1's were disabled from fine snow getting in through the air intakes and shorting the electrical equipment.
However, definately the exception and not the rule.
Also, the N&W did run passenger trains up to the RF&P's Broad Street Station in Richmond VA, and that was on a regular basis.